Re: Feedback needed for April 2015 face-to-face location by *January 27, 2015*

21.01.2015, 02:46, "chaals@yandex-team.ru" <chaals@yandex-team.ru>:
> 21.01.2015, 02:26, "Janina Sajka" <janina@rednote.net>:
>>  For those of us not as familiar with Spain as with Seattle, what are the
>>  travel implications? Does one fly to Barcelona? Or Madrid? Then what?
>
> Fly to Barcelona.
>
> You need to get to the Barcelona Sants station (the main long-distance station). There is a train from the airport (€4, allow half an hour), you can take a taxi (€20 - €25),

Whoops: 

 or there is a trick that airport staff use, taking a bus then train to save a euro and a few minutes - see http://www.barcelona-tourist-guide.com/en/airport/barcelona-airport-transfer.html if you are flying into Terminal 1.

Thanks Paul for noticing.

cheers

> Then you take the AVE (long distance high-speed train) to Zaragoza station. It's a shade under 2 hours, goes regularly, and one-way economy fare is around €10 from http://www.renfe.es
>
> The venue and onsite accommodation are connected to the station by a walkway.
>
> If you're not staying there, the nearest hotel is 4 stars, about €65 / night on booking.com when I looked today, and 200 metres away. The centre of the historic town centre (roman theater, cathedral, etc) is about 1 3/4 miles. Expect to pay about €50 for a 3-star hotel in the centre, about €120 for 5 stars with spa, pool, sauna, gym, etc.
>
> There is good public transport, taxis are cheap, safe and reliable, and there is a city-wide bicycle hire system (the centre of the city is basically flat).
>>  A shortexposition of these details would be helpful, at least for me.
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> cheers
>>  So, TIA!
>>
>>  Janina
>>
>>  Charles Nevile writes:
>>>   21.01.2015, 01:40, "Philippe Le Hegaret" <plh@w3.org>:
>>>>   All,
>>>>
>>>>   We are fortunate enough to have two proposed locations for the HTML and
>>>>   Web Applications face-to-face meeting in the week of April 13-17, 2015.
>>>>   Your feedback will help us picking the location.
>>>>
>>>>   1. Redmond, WA, USA (Hosted by Microsoft):
>>>>   2. Zaragoza, Spain (Hosted by Yandex)
>>>   Actually it is hosted by the Ayuntamiento de Zaragoza - the local city council, who have been a member for a decade and do serious work following what happens at W3C and implementing it. I just asked around for hosts, and passed on their (immediate and very generous) offer.
>>>
>>>   cheers
>>>
>>>   Chaals
>>>
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